Ideal System...Schiavo as an illustration

[KellyRae]

"Of course they have the right to pass on the constitutionality of it. That's their job."

I disagree. If the legislature makes the determination that a "no will/no kill" standard is necessary to ensure that an individual's right not to be deprived of life without due process of law is maintained, why are judges (possibly unelected and not subject to accountabillity of the people in the district they serve) uniquely qualified to find otherwise.

[elwoodblues]

Because that is part of the checks and balances that we have in our sytem. Them being unelected is a plus. You (at least I) don't want the meaning of what is constitutional being directly based on what is popular. Granted, judges still are influenced by the outside, but to a much lesser extent than elected officials.